TRADING & OLD LANGUAGES
(Posted 2009-12-18 16:37:34 by ArchPaladin)

It appears that there was an internet phenomenon [
http://www.oneredpaperclip.com/2009/12/17/the-one-red-paperclip-project/ ]
[oneredpaperclip.com] back in 2005 where one man had a single red plastic
paperclip and offered it to the public, asking to trade up for something
better.  About one year and fourteen trades later, he obtained a house.

I interpret this as encouragement that powerful and interesting things can
happen with some faith.

On an entirely different note, thieves' cant [
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thieves%27_cant ] [wikipedia.org] is a term
for the language invented by thieves and other scoundrels to help obfuscate
what they are really talking about to people who are not familiar with
their social activities - ie. _scoundreling_.  I found a reference [
http://www.pascalbonenfant.com/18c/cant/ ] [pascalbonenfant.com] containing
such terms, and when I went to assess the site's validity immediately came
upon the term _farting crackers_ to describe breeches.

I present the link to you for your amusement, if nothing else.

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